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The opportunity to work on a cutting-edge research project from day one with a faculty member from Engineering or Medicine is one of the School of Engineering’s exciting new initiatives for undergraduates. In fact, 17 members of the class of 2011 have received these awards. Inspired by the legacy of former Dean James M. McKelvey and now funded in part by a grant from the Clare Boothe Luce Foundation, these new undergraduate research awards give students the opportunity to find out what makes a research university special.

Presentations about Guantanamo and the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy are among the highlights of the School of Law’s 10th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series.

Faculty and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest in topics relating to labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are invited to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag luncheon seminars to be held biweekly through Dec. 3.

Photo by Kevin LowderInternational students sample offerings from a buffet line during the Chancellor’s Reception for New International Students and Parents in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, Aug. 23.

Photo by Mary ButkusBruce Lindsey, dean of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, was formally installed by Chancellor Mark Wrighton as the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Aug. 25.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has appointed two new curators to its staff.

A new office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Student Involvement and Leadership, under the guidance of student affairs, was created this past spring to meet the needs of LGBT students and raise awareness of the issue at the University.

Photo by Mary ButkusFreshman architecture major Mike Pope paints a jungle gym at Barbara C. Jordan Elementary School in University City during the annual Service First.

Seventy-two academically talented high school juniors and seniors participated in the 2007 Pfizer-Solutia Partnership of Universities’ Students and Teachers as Research Scientists (STARS) program for gifted high-school students. WUSTL faculty were among the more than 50 professor-mentors.

For the first time, researchers have discovered a gene that underlies scoliosis, which affects about 3 percent of all children.